Description:"To 'Tuft' - my beloved husband Stringer Davis - without whose presence I should be nothing."One of the best-loved actresses of the Britishstage and screen, Dame Margaret became a world-wide favourite through her films.Her career has spanned many years andmany parts: Miss Prism in The Importance ofBeing Earnest, Mrs Solness in The MasterBuilder, the hilarious headmistress in TheHappiest Days of Your Life, for instance, andof course her incomparable characterisationof Agatha Christie’s famous ‘detective’, MissMarple.It is often said that great comedians areessentially serious people. This book byDame Margaret Rutherford is witness tothis truth. As a matter of fact, she haddoubts about the ethics of taking part in afilm about murder—for such thoughts weighheavily with her—until she was at lastpersuaded that Miss Christie’s detective wason the side of the angels. Yet she is never tooserious, because of her innate sense of funand her ability to laugh at herself—writing,for example, of her belief in mermaids orher hard-up days of bicycling aroundWimbledon, giving music lessons.Her warm love and generous nature arerevealed in her attitude to her adopted sonwho became an adopted daughter through asex-change operation, and in the story of hermarriage to the distinguished actor StringerDavis. Hers is a love story as well as a pieceof stage and screen history; touching, true and happy-for after years when the path of true love could not run smooth, Dame Margaret and Stringer Davis are the living embodiment of the happy ending. She mentions in passing: "Although I was very honoured to be made a Dame of the British Empire I do enjoy being called Mrs Stringer Davis."Her book-in the writing of which she has been helped by Gwen Robyns-takes the reader inside the gay, whimsical, and loving personality who has endeared herself to so many. They are all here-the incredibly varied experiences which she has seized and built into her personality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns. To get started finding Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns
Description: "To 'Tuft' - my beloved husband Stringer Davis - without whose presence I should be nothing."One of the best-loved actresses of the Britishstage and screen, Dame Margaret became a world-wide favourite through her films.Her career has spanned many years andmany parts: Miss Prism in The Importance ofBeing Earnest, Mrs Solness in The MasterBuilder, the hilarious headmistress in TheHappiest Days of Your Life, for instance, andof course her incomparable characterisationof Agatha Christie’s famous ‘detective’, MissMarple.It is often said that great comedians areessentially serious people. This book byDame Margaret Rutherford is witness tothis truth. As a matter of fact, she haddoubts about the ethics of taking part in afilm about murder—for such thoughts weighheavily with her—until she was at lastpersuaded that Miss Christie’s detective wason the side of the angels. Yet she is never tooserious, because of her innate sense of funand her ability to laugh at herself—writing,for example, of her belief in mermaids orher hard-up days of bicycling aroundWimbledon, giving music lessons.Her warm love and generous nature arerevealed in her attitude to her adopted sonwho became an adopted daughter through asex-change operation, and in the story of hermarriage to the distinguished actor StringerDavis. Hers is a love story as well as a pieceof stage and screen history; touching, true and happy-for after years when the path of true love could not run smooth, Dame Margaret and Stringer Davis are the living embodiment of the happy ending. She mentions in passing: "Although I was very honoured to be made a Dame of the British Empire I do enjoy being called Mrs Stringer Davis."Her book-in the writing of which she has been helped by Gwen Robyns-takes the reader inside the gay, whimsical, and loving personality who has endeared herself to so many. They are all here-the incredibly varied experiences which she has seized and built into her personality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns. To get started finding Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.